Namibian authorities have reported a fatal case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and said they’re following at least 27 contacts for possible exposure, with two dozen health workers counted among them. The male patient fell ill in Gobabis, a town not far from Namibia’s eastern border with Botswana, according to…
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Authorities in Senegal are reporting a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a disease transmitted by ticks and infected animals that results in death in up to 40% of cases. The Ministry of Health of Senegal said the case was confirmed in a 35-year-old butcher living in Guédiawaye, just northeast…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
Officials in Uganda said Sunday that the rumors of Ebola infection emerging in the country’s central region are not true, and that a fatality last week at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital was from a different kind of infection. Minister of Health Sarah Opendi released a statement explaining that a 35-year-old…
